Daniel Ricciardo believes Renault's 2019 attempts are not "a million miles off", but improvements are still needed. read more »

Daniel Ricciardo has been encouraged by the promise shown by Renault's 2019 F1 car, though he adds improvements can be made.  read more »

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff is very impressed with Honda's improvements and expects them to put Red Bull in the title conversation. read more »

Sebastian Vettel seemed genuinely stunned by the gap to Mercedes in qualifying for the Australian Grand Prix and said Ferrari had to find improvements. read more »

Lewis Hamilton has highlighted the areas he believes Mercedes can make the biggest gains early in the 2019 F1 season. read more »

Valtteri Bottas believes Mercedes has already made improvements to its 2019 Formula 1 car after declaring Ferrari to be the pre-season favourite during testing read more »

Fernando Alonso says some areas of this year's McLaren Formula 1 car are "surprisingly good", but admits there are still things that need improving read more »

Sebastian Vettel doubts if the 2019 F1 technical rule changes will deliver the intended improvements to racing this year read more »

Mattia Binotto was not fully satisfied by Ferrari's efforts in pre-season testing, insisting that improvements could have been made, despite Sebastian Vettel setting the... read more »

Having previously called for a raft of upgrades in order to battle Ferrari, Valtteri Bottas insists the German team needs to dig deeper. read more »

Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas have both offered their first thoughts of driving the W10 in Barcelona. read more »

Valtteri Bottas amassed a total of 69 laps in Mercedes' new W10 on the first day of Formula 1 winter testing, and says that improvements have already started on the car... read more »

Honda's improvements ahead of the 2019 season should put Red Bull in a position to win races, according to junior team Toro Rosso's team principal Franz Tost. Red... read more »

Toro Rosso backs Honda for success in F1 2019 after making vast improvements over the winter.  read more »

McLaren is taking a "humble" approach into the 2019 F1 season as it targets cautious progress rather than wholesale improvements.  read more »

Williams have explained why they have moved away from tradition in a bid to present a "revitalised" image ahead of the 2019 Formula 1 season as they target big... read more »

Former Ferrari Formula 1 test driver Luciano Burti says he only survived his 111G accident in the 2001 Belgian Grand Prix thanks to safety improvements triggered by the death... read more »

2016 F1 world champion Nico Rosberg urges Ferrari and Sebastian Vettel to make improvements in order to challenge Mercedes in 2019.  read more »

Wolff expects to see improvements from Bottas in 2019 as he fights to keep his Mercedes drive for 2020. read more »

While Carlos Sainz accepts racing in F1 needs improvements he feels the positive points are being ignored read more »

McLaren did register brief improvements in 2018, turning to Renault Sport customer power units after a disastrous second spell win Honda. 2019 brings a new driver line-up and... read more »

Franz Tost says Toro Rosso were "shocked" by Honda's lack of knowledge regarding their Formula 1 programme, perhaps shedding some light on the reasons for the... read more »

Sebastian Vettel says Ferrari are now "much stronger and more focused" than when he joined from Red Bull ahead of the 2015 season, hailing the progress that has been... read more »

Lewis Hamilton wants to become F1's "all-time great" and has requested his Mercedes team send him "blunt" email feedback on what he can improve ahead... read more »

Max Verstappen says there is excitement at Red Bull about the potential of Honda for 2019 after the improvements made in recent races by sister team Toro Rosso. read more »